by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 6, 2026 | 2026, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
He paid for lunch. I jokingly asked him if lunch had exhausted his entertainment budget for the year. He said “no”, that he had paid for lunch out of his own pocket, not from some church budget. He wanted me to be clear that this lunch came from his pocket...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 30, 2026 | 2026, God's Will, Rest & Busyness
Yesterday morning a pastor friend messaged me to ask if I had followed up on a brother who had gone through very difficult and complex relational problems. I had walked with that brother for a while and wanted to follow up with him. I’m sure I told him that I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 22, 2026 | 2026, Death & Grief, Spiritual Friendship, Widowhood
They are very dear friends. I preached at their wedding ten years ago. But I preached at her funeral late November last year. Early one morning I received a message from him telling me that his wife was in a coma and it looked like she would not recover. They were in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 9, 2026 | 2026, Aging, Battling Sin
Does the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. (Christina Rossetti, 1861) I was planning to return to this column by writing some inspirational piece to begin the year....
by Priscilla | Dec 29, 2025 | 2026, Articles, Growth, Spiritual Maturity, Third Agers
By Dr Calvin Chong In my last commentary, I shared three significant points found in Luke’s description of Zechariah, Elizabeth, Simeon, and Anna. Here are some ways we can apply these lessons to our senior life. (1) Live to enjoy the presence of God. A common thread...
by Priscilla | Dec 26, 2025 | 2025, Aging, Articles, Dependence on God, Generations Project, Life Issues, Obedience & Faithfulness, Third Agers
Dr Calvin Chong The Gospel of Luke is filled with accounts of the overlooked and underestimated in society—marginalised women (1:39–56; 7:36–50; 8:1–3), the poor and economically burdened (1:52–53; 4:18; 6:20–21), social outsiders (2:8–20; 5:12–16; 10:25–37;...
